Over $8M in drugs seized at Toronto Pearson Airport in March

Drug seizures by Canadian border agents at Toronto Pearson International Airport last month totalled $8-million in 11 different incidents.

One of the alleged smuggling efforts is notable for being so unconvincing.

The Canadian Border Services Agency identified two suspicious female travelers who were searched and found to be hiding multiple suspected cocaine pellets sewn into the lining of hockey-style shorts they were wearing.

The shorts bulged with the packages, but a CBSA spokesperson was quick to point out that the shorts were worn under additional clothing.

Other seizures found suspected cocaine in fake compartments in luggage, inside a golf bag and in two bottles of wine.

In one of the cases, officers seized cocaine pellets ingested by a female traveller arriving alone from Jamaica. That seizure was credited to “using advance intelligence information and expert interview skills.”

Border agents working with Air Cargo also intercepted drugs by using x-ray technology while off-loading cargo from an aircraft. Those drugs were hidden in mailbags.